Howard County News

Howard County Council met June 18.

Here is the agenda provided by the Council:

Members Present: Mary Kay Sigaty, Council Chairperson; Calvin Ball, Vice Chairperson; Greg Fox, Council Member; Jennifer Terrasa, Council Member; and Jon Weinstein, Council Member.

Staff Present: Jessica Feldmark, Administrator; Jennifer Sager, Administration; Jeff Meyers, Legislative Analyst; Craig Glendenning, County Auditor; Gary Kuc, County Solicitor; John Gwynn, Assistant County Solicitor; and Kel Habicht, Administrative Support.

Call to Order at 7:04 p.m.

Pledge of Allegiance led by Council Member Jon Weinstein.

III.   Allow the reading of bills by short title.

Mary Kay Sigaty, Chairperson moved to approve to allow the reading of bills by short title, seconded by Calvin Ball, Vice Chairperson.

The motion carried as follows

AYES: Mary Kay Sigaty, Council Chairperson; Calvin Ball, Council Vice Chairperson; Greg Fox, Council Member; Jen Terrasa, Council Member; and Jon Weinstein, Council Member

IV.   Legislation - Public Hearing

Appointments

Council Resolution 69-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of David W. Moynihan to the Board of Electrical Examiners. (No expiration date)

David Moynihan - Ellicott City, MD

Council Resolution 70-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Sharon R. Pinder to the Equal Business Opportunity Commission. (No expiration date)

Sharon Pinder - West Friendship, MD

Council Resolution 71-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of David Drasin to the Multimodal Transportation Board. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 72-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Fred L. Coover to the Adult Public Guardianship Review Board. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 73-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Michelle Henry to the Adult Public Guardianship Review Board. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 74-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Archana Goel Leon-Guerrero to the Adult Public Guardianship Review Board. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 75-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Nikki Young to the Adult Public Guardianship Review Board. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 76-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Susan M. Hailman to the Commission on Aging. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 77-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Timothy J. Collins to the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Authority. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 78-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Milton W. Matthews to the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Authority. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 79-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Mitra Basu to the Housing and Community Development Board. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 80-2018 - A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of

Khiem Doan to the Howard County Local Children’s Board. (No expiration date)

Council Resolution 81-2018 - A RESOLUTION approving a list of Howard County residents to be sent to the Governor, in accordance with State law, so that the Governor may choose one of the residents from the list to fill a vacancy on the Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board. (No expiration date)

Richard Meyer

B.  General

Council Bill 39-2018 - Introduced by: Jon Weinstein - AN ACT requiring specified shelter and conditions for certain dogs at certain times; specifying how dogs may be tethered, authorizing the Animal Control Officer to issue certain animal safety alerts in a specified manner; requiring certain publicity of certain provisions of Title 17 Subtitle 3; providing for civil penalties for specified violations; and generally relating to animal control in Howard County. (Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

Deborah Baracco, Administrator, Howard County Animal Control - Columbia, MD

Heidi Osterman

Marian Condon - Ellicott City, MD

Ann Selnick, Member, Animal Advocates of Howard County - Ellicott City, MD

Joel Hurewitz - Columbia, MD

Council Bill 40-2018 - Introduced by: Jennifer Terrasa - An Act amending the Howard County Code to require presubmission community meetings for projects on publicly owned land and for projects that abut open space; and generally relating to presubmission community meetings. (Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

Stu Kohn, President, Howard County Citizens Association  - Scaggsville, MD

Wayne Davis - Columbia, MD

Sandy Roschli - Elkridge, MD

Angela Katenkamp Shiplet - Elkridge, MD

Brian Vivrette - Elkridge, MD

Christiana Rigby - Columbia, MD

Brent Loveless - Laurel, MD

Joel Hurewitz - Columbia, MD

Council Bill 41-2018 – AN ACT amending a tax credit against the County tax imposed on real property that is owned by individuals who are a retired member of the Armed Forces of the United States to provide that certain surviving spouses of retired members of the Armed Forces are eligible to receive the property tax credit; and generally relating to real property tax credits. (Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

Jen Sager, Department of County Administration

Brent Loveless - Laurel, MD

Council Bill 42-2018 - AN ACT establishing a tax credit against the County property tax imposed on certain real property that is owned by certain 9-1-1 Public Safety Telecommunicators under certain circumstances; establishing the amount, terms, and conditions of the credit; and generally relating to real property tax credits. (Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

Jen Sager, Department of County Administration

Council Bill 43-2018 – Introduced by: The Chairperson - AN ACT specifying the manner of submitting reports, studies, publications, and other documents to the County Council; specifying the format of the documents; and generally relating to submissions to the County Council. (Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

The Administrator read Council Bill 44-2018 and Council Bill 45-2018 together.

Council Bill 44-2018 – Introduced by: The Chairperson - AN ACT modifying the Howard County Public Ethics Law by clarifying that “interest” does not include owning or holding an exchange-traded fund; specifying who must file financial disclosure statements; prohibiting certain lobbying by specified former officials related to legislation before the County Council for a specified period; altering certain disclosure requirements; requiring the Howard County Ethics Commission to redact certain home addresses from specified documents disclosed to the public; repealing the prohibition related to participating in County procurement if a certain contingency is met; and generally relating to the Howard County Public Ethics Law. (Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

Council Bill 45-2018 – Introduced by: The Chairperson - AN ACT prohibiting participation in specified County bidding by persons who have participated in specified activities related to assisting the County in developing the purchasing specifications, invitations, or requests for proposals; and generally relating to the Howard County Purchasing Law. (Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

Jorge Tirigall

Stu Kohn, President, Howard County Citizens Association  - Scaggsville, MD

Brent Loveless - Laurel, MD

Council Bill 46-2018 – Introduced by: Jon Weinstein - AN ACT amending the Howard County Code to modify the process for establishing Single Site Historic Districts; and generally relating to Single Site Historic Districts. (Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

Fred Dorsey, President, Preservation Howard County - Columbia, MD

Brian Vivrette - Elkridge, MD

Joel Hurewitz - Columbia, MD

Council Resolution 82-2018 - A RESOLUTION adopting the Housing Unit Allocation Chart for Fiscal Year 2019 pursuant to the Adequate Public Facilities Act of Howard County. (No expiration date)

Jeff Bronow, Department of Planning and Zoning

Lisa Markovitz, President, The People’s Voice, LLC - Ellicott City, MD

Brent Loveless - Laurel, MD

Judy George - Laurel, MD

Council Resolution 83-2018 - A RESOLUTION adopting the School Capacity Chart, pursuant to the Adequate Public Facilities Act of Howard County, to designate the school regions, elementary schools, and middle schools constrained for new residential development during each of the following years as based on the definition of program capacity as defined by Howard County Public School System policy. (No expiration date)

Renee Kamen, School Planning Manager, Howard County Public School System

Jorge Tirigall

Brent Loveless - Laurel, MD

Judy George - Laurel, MD

Council Bill 47-2018 - AN ACT making emergency appropriations pursuant to Section 610(b) of the Howard County Charter and amending the Annual Budget and Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2018 in order to fund unanticipated expenses related to flood response and recovery efforts in Howard County in 2018; and declaring that this Act is an Emergency Bill necessary to meet a public emergency affecting life, health or property. (Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

Holly Sun, Budget Director, Department of County Administration

Council Bill 48-2018 - Introduced by: The Chairperson at the request of the County Executive and Cosponsored by Jon Weinstein - AN ACT amending certain fees, as previously set by Resolution 62-2017, as amended by Resolution 57-2018; Resolution 111-2012; and Resolution 60-2017, as amended by Resolution 55-2018, for a limited time and related to property damaged by severe flooding in Howard County in 2018; and making this Act an Emergency Bill.(Expires 8/08/18; 9/07/18 if extended; or 10/07/18 if extended twice.)

Don Mock, Planning Review Chief, Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits

Tabled

Council Resolution 112-2017 - A RESOLUTION amending the green neighborhood standards that are used to qualify for Green Neighborhood Allocations and amending a total number of possible points on the Green Neighborhood Site portion of the Green Neighborhood Checklist. (tabled 7/26/17) (No expiration date.)

Council Resolution 1-2017 – Introduced by the Chairperson at the request of Windsor Forest Fox Chasing HOA, Inc. and Gaither Hunt Homeowners Association, Inc.; A RESOLUTION to close all of Winter Thicket Road, as shown in Exhibits A and B, in accordance with Section 18.204 of the Howard County Code.(tabled 2/6/17) (No expiration date.)

Council Resolution 179-2016 – Introduced by Calvin Ball and Jennifer Terrasa; A RESOLUTION calling on the Maryland State Department of Education to contract for a performance audit of the Howard County Public School System and specifying the issues requested to be studied. (tabled 12/05/16) (No expiration date.)

Council Resolution 104-2016 – A RESOLUTION pursuant to Section 4.201 of the Howard County Code, authorizing the County Executive’s sale of certain real property known as the “Flier Building” owned by Howard County, Maryland, containing approximately 2.159 acres, and located at 10750 Little Patuxent Parkway, Maryland; waiving the advertising and bidding requirements of Section 4.201 of the Howard County Code; and providing that the County Executive is not bound to sell the property if he finds that it may have a further public use. (tabled 7/29/16) (No expiration date.)

VI.   Adjourned: 9:23 p.m.

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